Tuesday, February 20, 2007

Mystic Paper is once again filled with vintage findings. It's been awhile but we are now restocked with vintage watch faces and parts. These are such fun additions to collages.

We also have some of the empty pocket watches that these came out of. Ever wonder what you could do with these? Here's the perfect example. These were

made by Judy Bidwell.Aren't these little collages fun! The watch faces, parts, and pocketwatches are limited as they are the real vintage deal. I have to wait for them to find me!

Another vintage find (I'm grinning from ear to ear) is the motherlode of all cook books. These are just like the cook books we used in the class. They range from unused with their box to good condition to used condition. They are so much fun to alter!Again, once they're gone they're gone. No ordering these babies!

We got a visit from the man in brown today. No photo shoot since we were at Ink It for the beginning of their closing sale. We are sad that they are closing but Mary Ellen was in great spirits and anxious to begin her new adventure. We wish her the best with her new Gallery. Back to the new product...we received a Creatiavity Notebook & Card Set. Trust me this is a must have for all journalers and artists. It is a journaling notebook and 50 inspirational cards . It's called Wide Open- Inspiration & Techniques for Art Journaling On The Edge and is written and I believe illustrated by Randi Feuerhelm-Watts.

Monday, February 19, 2007

Announcing our upcomingBasic Grey Designer Day!March 9th, 2007

We are lucky enough to have one of Basic Grey's top designers come to our store on Friday, March 9th. Linda Albrecht will be here to teach two classes. Here are some samples of Linda's work with Basic Grey. She is also on Two Peas in a Bucket, look her up in the peanut gallery to see more of her gorgeous pages and ideas.

Wednesday, February 14, 2007

More Lovely Books Here are a couple of books, back in from Tweety Jillthat we got today.We are also expecting these new books in at the beginning of March, we'll keep you posted on when they come in. We know that many of you are anxiously awaiting them.

Tuesday, February 13, 2007

It's always so exciting to come to work after going to CHA. You just never know what the man in brown is going to bring. Today we received the wonderful book Collage Lost and Found by Josie Cirincione who just happens to be an Arizona girl! The exciting thing about getting her book in stock is that in August during Art Unraveled we are setting up a book signing with the artists whose books we carry here at Mystic Paper. We have already heard from Josie and Michael de Meng. Michael has a new book coming out in March called Secrets of Rusty Things. Doesn't it seem likeboth of these books were written for our store? There are a few other artists we have contacted and we are hoping to hear from them soon. We'll let you know as things progress!

Friday, February 09, 2007

SURPRISE!!!It's here, and we have it first. We even called some other places and they aren't expecting to get it for a few weeks yet. So come on in and be the first on your street to have ANY of the new Basic Grey collections.

Our first lucky Basic Grey shopper was Wendy, it was also Wendy's birthday today-YEAH! She is really lucky, she got to pick her Basic Grey right out of the box. Happy Birthday!

Tuesday, February 06, 2007

Can you feel the excitement in the air? If you’re not feeling it come on in because we’re feelin’ it here! New product is starting to arrive and we may just have a very exciting delivery before the preview party on Saturday! And here’s a hint…it’s one of the lines that we dearly love. Product that was delivered today is beautiful Black & White Rub-ons from Daisy D. Now, I know these aren’t brand new but they are stinkin’ gorgeous

Aren't they? Make sure you keep checking the web site we are posting new classes all the time.

Friday, February 02, 2007

A Little CHA Review!Cha cha cha!!!

We had a great time in Anaheim. It was 4 days of oohing and ahhing, wishing and dreaming. Lots of new products from our favorites Basic Grey, Creative Imaginations, and 7 Gypsies.Here's a little to keep your creative minds occupied...

from Basic Grey

Creative Imaginations...Make & Takes

Great Page Layouts

Ellen & Kim doing Make & Takes with Mona from Creative Imaginations

Ellen & Jennifer Doing some Make & Takes

Foofala's New Bella line...

Some Tim Holtz creations...

7 Gypsies page layouts

7 Gypsies new gaffer tapes and knobs

7 Gypsies new paper lines

Guess what?! Jennifer won a laptop from CHA-YEAH!!! That's actually just what we needed is another computer so we can keep all the blogging under control and actually blog.

Some of the new books that you can pre-order. They are all gorgeous! Come check them out at our CHA sneak peak on Saturday the 10th from 1 to 5 pm.

That's about it for photos from CHA we can't wait for all of the product to start coming in. The first of course will be Basic Grey. We will keep all of you posted.